WeChat: Shouwang Church marks 6-year anniversary of outdoor worship

Thursday, November 19, 2015

China AidTranslated by Brynne Lawrence. Written in English by Rachel Ritchie.

(Beijing—Nov. 19, 2015) On Nov. 1, a WeChat user posted the following images and text, which notes that Beijing’s Shouwang Church held their first outdoor worship service six years ago on that date in a park. Shouwang Church has faced frequent persecution.

After repeatedly being forced out of rented gathering places by landlords whom the government had threatened, Shouwang Church purchased land and hired a company to construct a building. However, in late 2009, while the building was still under construction, Beijing authorities pressured the government into selling the unfinished property out from under the church. It was then that Shouwang Church made the decision to meet outdoors.

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